When Prime Minister Imran Khan was invited at the White House in July 2019, it was a remarkable turnaround in the bilateral ties given how then-president Donald Trump bashed Pakistan earlier for not doing enough in the fight against terrorism.

The July 22, 2019 meeting between Trump and Imran was made possible by Trump’s close aide Senator Lindsey Graham, who became a fan of the Pakistani prime minister and partly because of the role played by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman.

The two leaders subsequently met at the side-lines of the UN General Assembly session as well as at the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos. This was rare that in the span of a few months, the US president had met a Pakistani prime minister that frequently. The reason for this bonhomie stemmed from Pakistan’s support to ensure safe exit for the remaining US troops from Afghanistan.

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